Living life without questioning anything is like following instead of leading. Life unexamined is definitely not worth living. I believe you have to always have skepticism for ideas that you do not completely agree with or understand. Living based off of everything other people tell you and just accepting it as fact is foolish to me. I believe in learning as much as you can while your are alive because the most knowledgeable person is the most powerful. Nothing is exactly what it seems so I believe you should not interpret life that way. Ex. Someone tells you that if you follow him to the end of the road and don't stop, he will give you a million dollars. If you just do it without knowing his credibility, that is misguided in my opinion. Instead, you should put him through a questionnaire to determine the authenticity of the deal.
After deep long thought, I have come to the conclusion that there is not a modern day Socrates or anyone similar to him. Socrates was a special person and a very unique individual and I have trouble pointing out anyone with his qualities. People in today's society are afraid to go against the status quo, at least publicly, even someone like Rush Limbaugh. I don't know one person who is constantly questioning the purpose of things or trying to expose the ignorance in society today, in which we display a lot of it. In the US alone, there are so many people who see injustice being committed and the invasion of rights but don't speak up about it because they are afraid of repercussions, something Socrates was not afraid of. I could definitely be wrong or not thinking hard enough but I just can't find a modern Socrates.
